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P & S Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198643
MRDS ID M231714
MAS/MILS ID 0320230716
Record type Site
Current site name P & S Mine
Alternate or previous names P & S, P & S No. 2, Old Soldier P & S Mine, Old Soldier Mine, P & S Barite
Related records 10044317

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.88062, 38.96963 (WGS84)
Elevation 2440
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jet Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 045 E 14 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 62 KM SE OF AUSTIN. MILL IS LOCATED AT FALLON, NEVADA. MILL IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE. MILL METHOD IS FLOTATION. PROCESS RATE IS 130 MT/DAY. PRODUCT TYPE IS CRUSHED BARITE. DISTANCE SHIPPED IS 695 KM. P & S NO. 2 WAS LOCATED IN 1961. STANDARD SLAG CO. PURCHASED LOCATED CLAIMS IN 1975; P & S NOS. 1-6 AND TYE NOS. 1-23. STANDARD SLAGE CO. PATENTED P & S NO. 2 IN 1985. THE OPEN PIT MINE IS ON THIS LODE. STANDARD SLAGE CO. SURVEYED TWO 5 ACRE MILLSITES, KNOWN AS P & S NO. 1 AND P & S NO. 2 MILLSITES IN 1983.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.88062, 38.96963
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 15E
    Thickness 36M
    Length 160M
    Width 135M
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N45E:15E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Date of Last Modification 850826
  • Area 75HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 75
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1961
Year of first production 1977
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co.
    ID 2600823
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Description Stripping Ratio: 1:2 Tonnes Waste:Ore 9072 Metric Tonnes Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 9072mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Stripping Ratio: 1:1.2 Tonnes Waste:Ore 26926 Metric Tonnes Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 26926mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Stripping Ratio: 1:1.2 Tonnes Waste:Ore 47614 Metric Tonnes Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 47614mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Stripping Ratio: 4.5:1 Tonnes Waste:Ore 30170 Metric Tonnes Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 30170mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCT IS OF HIGH QUALITY AND CONTAINS NO STRONTIUM. IT MAY BE USED FOR PAINT AND GLASS MANUFACTURING.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1, COLUMN 1 REPRESENTS TONNAGE AND GRADE AS STATED TO EVALUATOR BY THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE STANDARD SLAG COMPANY. PROBABLE RESERVES ARE BASED ON DATA FROM 22 ROTARY HOLES OVER A 40 METER CENTERS GRID.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7.6HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 69.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 50
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Percentage 30
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 70
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 1160
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 110
    Unit Production Cost 13.94
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • POWER TRANSMISSION LINES WOULD BE BROUGHT IN 56 KM FROM A SUBSTATION AT PEAVINE, NEVADA.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN MINED AT A REDUCED RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 TONS PER DAY SINCE 1977. THEREFORE MUCH EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. TWO YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR MILL CONSTRUCTION AND PREPARATION FOR MINING AT AN EXPANDED RATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, G.O., JR., AND P. RAPALUS. U.S. OPEN PIT AND

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    UNDERGROUND MINE TONNAGE. WORLD MINERALS, VOL. 34,

  • Deposit

    NO. 10, 1981, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA PAY DIRT (BISBEE, AZ). OF MINES AND MEN, NO. 466,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1978, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, G. (ED.). BAYRITES IN NEVADA - BACK TO PRE-1974

  • Deposit

    LEVELS. IND. MIN. (LONDON), NO. 200, MAY 1984, P. 53-61.

  • Deposit

    KAY, M., AND J. P. CRAWFORD. PALEOZOIC FACIES FROM THE

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    MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TO THE EUGEOSYNCLINAL BELT IN THRUST

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    SLICES, CENTRAL NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 75,

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    NO. 5, 1964, P. 425-454.

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    KLEINHAMPLE, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

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    MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL

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    SURVEY OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCAL 1:200,000.

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    KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA

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    BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, 1984, 125 PP.

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    PAPKE, K. BARITE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, D.R., F. G. POOLE, AND D. A. BROBST. BEDDED BARITE

  • Deposit

    IN EAST NORTHUMBERLAND CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA.

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    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IC 555, 1967, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, D. R., F. G. POOLE, AND D. A. BROBST. NEWLY

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    DISCOVERED BEDDED BARITE DEPOSITS IN EAST NORTHUMBERLAND

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    CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. & BULL. SOC.

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    ECON. GEOL., V. 64, NO. 3, 1969, P. 245-254.

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    KLEINHEMPLE, F. J., AND ZIONY, J. I., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCS

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    OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NV: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES &

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    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 110.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 9035, 1985, BY N. T. LOWE AND

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    OTHERS, P. 146.

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    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OREBODY CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF LENSES INTERBEDDED WITH WASTEROCK. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS MEDIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-OCT-94 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/23/1991
MSHA mine ID2600823
Mine name (MSHA)Old Soldier Mine
Current operatorStandard Magnesia Company
Current controller (parent)Richard B Harmon
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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